Two surprise playing partners today....

[IanG]

This might be a daft question but am I right in thinking that top player's caddies are usually pretty good golfers in their own right?

Yep they I think they could be pretty handy but they were both just off an an overnight flight and were just playing to stay awake until dark - so keeping score was not really the priority.

 

[IanG]

These two were also playing there today. https://twitter.com/projock/status/618079701475561472

Did you see them?

Yes we saw them, they went out just as we came in.

 

[IanG]

Cool story bro!!!!

Amazing in fact!!! Hope you got pics and signatures

They are so clearly 'off duty' that I didn't want to get any pictures and autographs. They were such regular guys that frankly it would have seemed a bit odd to ask.

 

[IanG]

Great story, I hope you weren't too nervous to enjoy it.

Calmed down after we all started 5,5,5 on the first three and enjoyed it fine after that.

 

[IanG]

Hope you took the money :cheers:

Nah, I let them off light.

 

[IanG]

That's mint,were they chatty?

Friendly enough and easy company but suffering from jet lag I think.

 

[IanG]

Talking to one of the Rock monkeys who finished his mining career last week. Off to Scotland this week for his annual society bash.
told me that the members insist on playing North Berwick every year. They reckon it's the best course they have played north of Adys wall.

Cheers, 'Most fun and welcoming ' golf course I'd have a go at arguing for - 'best' is pushing it a bit - Royal Dornoch is awesome and shades it for me.

 

[mcbroon]

Nah, I let them off light.

That's the polite thing to do :thup:

I think this is just about my favourite golf story ever. What a great game this is.

 

[Foliage Finder]

Well that is a turn up for the books! Doubt I'd get something similar down at the local 4800 yard muni

Even so, as I've not been following the game for long, about a year, without a sky sports subscription, I'm not sure I'd recognise many caddies. I think I'd recognise JP Fitzgerald and that's about it. Did the starter give any more introduction than "two Americans"? I suppose maybe they would enjoy people not recognising them so they could just have a nice round of golf as regular blokes.

Imagine if you had bumped into Rory's Masters Pro-am caddy...

 

[JohnnyDee]

Gotta ask, did they carry or hire trolleys 😄

 

[IanG]

Gotta ask, did they carry or hire trolleys 

Carry-bags of course for both of them. :thup:

They mentioned that rarely did they bring their clubs when on the road, really only when coming to Scotland where the light summer nights and range of courses made it worthwhile.